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Audubon, PA - As a response to rising energy bills due to PJM’s poor planning and affinity for dirty, pricey fossil fuels, communities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware are rallying and voicing their discontent to the nation’s largest...

Eddystone, PA - The Trump administration issued an order to force the Eddystone power plant to stay online past its scheduled retirement date. This is the second power plant the administration has ordered to operate past its planned retirement under...

Welcome to the online-only Pennsylvania Chapter newsletter, the Sylvanian! Please read our June 2025 issue!

In these challenging times, marked by reduced federal support for environmental initiatives, the vision of Sierra Club and the strength of grassroots action have never been more essential. Through powerful partnerships with environmental...

Why all the talk about community solar? Keep reading and find out. Last session, there was a community solar bill that made it through the House and into the Senate. This was quite a milestone. This year, HB 504 has been introduced to cover...

When thinking about estate planning, many people immediately think of updating (or creating!) a will or trust. Beneficiary designations are another piece of the puzzle, and one you don’t want to forget about.

HARRISBURG, PA — In an unexpected move, the Environmental Quality Board recently issued a draft rulemaking that would weaken the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, one of our bedrock environmental laws, by allowing industry to decide whether or not...

The more fossil fuels we burn, the more we prime our atmosphere for extreme weather. To ignore that reality, and to double down on fast-tracking or subsidizing fossil fuels in the name of reliability, is a fool’s errand that will fail...

Welcome to the online-only Pennsylvania Chapter newsletter, the Sylvanian! Please read our May 2025 issue!

WASHINGTON, DC — A coalition of health, community, and environmental groups yesterday, April 30, 2025, released a new map showing more than 500 facilities that emit toxic or hazardous air pollution and that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin invited to...